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    Chicago lawyer resigns after judge rules he hid evidence
    Nation, News
    Chicago lawyer resigns after judge rules he hid evidence
    MICHAEL TARM 
    Jan 05, 2016
    CHICAGO (AP) — A top city of Chicago lawyer stepped down after a federal judge accused him of hiding evidence in a fatal police shooting, the latest a...
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    Attorney for Chicago officer plans to seek change of venue
    Nation, News
    Attorney for Chicago officer plans to seek change of venue
    DON BABWIN and CARLA K. JOHNSON 
    Dec 19, 2015
    CHICAGO (AP) — An attorney for a white Chicago policeman charged with murder in the shooting death of a black teenager said Friday he will seek a chan...
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    Afghan forces repel Taliban attack on airport, 50 dead
    News, World
    Afghan forces repel Taliban attack on airport, 50 dead
    Dec 10, 2015
    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan forces have repelled a Taliban attack on the Kandahar airport that lasted more than 24 hours and killed 50 people, ma...
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    US Justice Department to investigate Chicago police
    Nation, News
    US Justice Department to investigate Chicago police
    DON BABWIN and ERIC TUCKER 
    Dec 07, 2015
    CHICAGO (AP) — The Justice Department will investigate patterns of racial disparity in the use of force by Chicago police officers as part of a wide-r...
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    Chicago mayor fires police chief in wake of video release
    Nation, News
    Chicago mayor fires police chief in wake of video release
    DON BABWIN 
    Dec 01, 2015
    CHICAGO (AP) — Rahm Emanuel sought for months to keep the public from seeing a video that shows a white police officer shooting a black teenager 16 ti...
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    AP News Guide: A look at the University of Missouri’s issues
    Nation, News
    AP News Guide: A look at the University of Missouri’s issues
    The Associated Press 
    Nov 14, 2015
    COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Efforts are underway at the University of Missouri to address the racial tensions that led to demonstrations by students, a strik...
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    Portugal’s government ousted amid austerity backlash
    News, World
    Portugal’s government ousted amid austerity backlash
    BARRY HATTON 
    Nov 10, 2015
    LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Anti-austerity lawmakers forced Portugal's center-right government to resign Tuesday by rejecting its policy proposals at the ...
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    Israeli minister resigns, paving way for gas deal
    News, World
    Israeli minister resigns, paving way for gas deal
    Nov 01, 2015
    JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli Cabinet minister has resigned, clearing the way for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to circumvent a ruling of the countr...
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    Rome’s mayor forced out a day after reclaiming seat
    News, World
    Rome’s mayor forced out a day after reclaiming seat
    COLLEEN BARRY 
    Oct 31, 2015
    MILAN (AP) — Just a day after rescinding his resignation, Rome's embattled mayor was forced out of office Friday after the city council yanked its sup...
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    Paul Ryan weighs pros, cons of becoming next House speaker
    Nation, News
    Paul Ryan weighs pros, cons of becoming next House speaker
    ALAN FRAM 
    Oct 14, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Maybe Rep. Paul Ryan doesn't feel like a character in the classic film "The Godfather," weighing an offer he can't refuse. But with ...
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    Indiana House majority leader resigns after apologetic text
    Nation, News
    Indiana House majority leader resigns after apologetic text
    BRIAN SLODYSKO 
    Sep 30, 2015
    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A ranking Republican lawmaker abruptly resigned from the Indiana House after sending a text message apology for "anything offensiv...
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    Boehner says he’ll get lots done in last month as speaker
    Nation, News
    Boehner says he’ll get lots done in last month as speaker
    LAURIE KELLMAN 
    Sep 28, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker John Boehner says he's determined to clean up some of the mess of a politically gridlocked Congress in his final month befor...
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    Speaker Boehner stuns Congress, announces resignation
    Nation, News
    Speaker Boehner stuns Congress, announces resignation
    ERICA WERNER and ALAN FRAM 
    Sep 25, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — With Congress in turmoil, House Speaker John Boehner suddenly informed fellow Republicans on Friday that he would resign at the end ...
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    AP sources: Marines seek to keep combat jobs closed to women
    Nation, News
    AP sources: Marines seek to keep combat jobs closed to women
    LOLITA C. BALDOR 
    Sep 19, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The commandant of the Marine Corps has recommended that women be excluded from competing for certain front-line combat jobs, U.S. of...
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    German computer system spreads burden of refugee crisis
    News, World
    German computer system spreads burden of refugee crisis
    DAVID McHUGH 
    Sep 17, 2015
    NEU-ISENBURG, Germany (AP) — Refugees from Syria and Eritrea lounge on hundreds of cots spread across the concrete floor of a former newspaper printin...
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    Lawmaker expelled, another resigns after affair cover-up
    Nation, News
    Lawmaker expelled, another resigns after affair cover-up
    DAVID EGGERT 
    Sep 11, 2015
    LANSING, Mich. (AP) — One socially conservative Michigan lawmaker was expelled from office and another resigned early Friday after they rocked the Leg...
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    Migrants break through Hungary police lines near Serb border
    News, World
    Migrants break through Hungary police lines near Serb border
    NICOLAE DUMITRACHE and SHAWN POGATCHNIK 
    Sep 07, 2015
    ROSZKE, Hungary (AP) — Several hundred Arabs, Asians and Africans tired of waiting for buses broke through Hungarian police lines near the Serbian bor...
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    Guatemala ex-president goes to court after night behind bars
    News, World
    Guatemala ex-president goes to court after night behind bars
    SONIA PEREZ D. and ALBERTO ARCE 
    Sep 05, 2015
    GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Otto Perez Molina was headed back to court on Friday after spending his first night as an ex-president in military custody. Pere...
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    The Latest: Prosecutor to seek jail for Guatemalan president
    News, World
    The Latest: Prosecutor to seek jail for Guatemalan president
    Sep 03, 2015
    GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The latest on the resignation of Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina (all times local): ___ 9:45 a.m. Guatemalan Attorney Gen...
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    Guatemala president resigns amid corruption probe
    News, World
    Guatemala president resigns amid corruption probe
    SONIA PEREZ D. and ALBERTO ARCE 
    Sep 03, 2015
    GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina resigned in the face of a corruption scandal that has brought his government to the brink...
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    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    Nation & World, PA State News
    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    June 15, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    PA State News
    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    By OLIVER MORRISON  pennlive.com 
    June 15, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    PA State News
    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    June 14, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    Local News, Nation & World
    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    June 14, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Local Sports
    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
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